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Denton, Moths and Butterflies of the U.S.

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:19.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
Denton, Moths and Butterflies of the U.S.
<B>Sherman Foote Denton, <I>As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains</B></I>,</B></I> in Three Volumes, (Boston: J.B. Millet, 1900), x, 161;xi, 163-268; 268-361, 4to (7.5 x 10), copy number 475 of 500 copies, with spectacular hand-colored direct transfers of moth and butterflies on tipped in plates and about 400 additional photographic illustrations. From the preface-"The colored plates, or Nature Prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterward colored by hand. I have had to make over fifty thousand of these transfers for the entire edition, not being able to get anyone to help me who would do the work as I desired it done. I will say, however, that there was never a laborer more in love with his work". The book is ex-library with the usual stamps and marks. The bindings are weak with loose pages, but all three volumes appear to be complete. Fair. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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